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  Taylor Gifts Inc. recently appointed RMI Direct Marketing Inc. to manage
  its Get Organized catalog list. A total of 374,308 buyers are available.

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• Schumer Pushes FTC Chair for Tighter, Better Defined Data Jurisdiction

  The panelist may have been Deborah Platt Majoras, chairman of the Federal Trade Commission, but Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY) made his presence felt during a question and answer period after her testimony.

• Leahy Proposes Accountability Among Compilers Seeking Federal Contracts

  Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT) took a moment during a Senate hearing to acknowledge the benefits to consumers compiled information has offered. But he took several moments to needle data compilers for sloppy security practices – including those of ChoicePoint and Bank of America by name. Within the last month, both of those companies revealed that consumer data entrusted with them had fallen into unauthorized hands.

• Corzine Data Bill Calls for C-Level Accountability, FCRA, GLB Extension, Civil Lawsuits

  Senator Jon S. Corzine (D-NJ) became the latest congressman to announce legislation triggered by recent data compromises. During a Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs hearing on compiled data and identity theft, Corzine announced that he would introduce his bill, the

• J. Jill Direct Sales Down in Fiscal 2004

  Fourth quarter net sales for the J. Jill Group increased by 4.0% to $119.4 million from $114.9 million reported in the prior year.

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  Internet Shopping Cart Firm Settles FTC Privacy Charges

  An Internet company that provides shopping cart software to online merchants has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it rented personal information about nearly one million customers of its merchants’ to marketers.

• DDB Names Scarpelli Worldwide CCO

  DDB Worldwide has promoted Bob Scarpelli to worldwide chief creative officer, a new position at the New York-based agency network.

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  Foreign Money Orders Top 2004 Cross Border Fraud Complaints

  Foreign money orders, Internet auctions and prize/sweepstakes/gifts topped the Federal Trade Commission’s list of categories for the most cross-border fraud complaints last year.